Informal abbreviation of 'elect' or 'election,' used in some dialects or specialized contexts, or possibly a variant of 'elect'.
Shortened form of 'elect,' which comes from Latin 'eligere' (to choose, select). The abbreviated form is primarily dialectal or informal and may appear in technical or political shorthand.
In modern texting and internet speak, we're reinventing abbreviations—'elec' for 'election'—in the same way that medieval scribes invented shortcuts (like '&' for 'and') because writing by hand was slow and ink was expensive.
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